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At Aligned Influence, we help organizations – both publicly held and nonprofit corporations as well as civic entities – manage the power of organizational and corporate governance so boards and executive leadership are united and aligned in purpose.

The right people in the right roles ensure sustainability, accountability, better delegation, and a clear path to the future.

Increasing Alignment and Driving Effectiveness

Every organization represents an “eco-system” of influence and influencers which are all intent on growing the impact of their work. Growing that impact is dependent on increasing the alignment of those influencers, the board of directors, and the executive, and on using that alignment to drive effectiveness. Aligned Influence Consulting offers four unique engagements designed to increase effectiveness and allow boards and executive directors to better understand their roles, to implement strategic organizational and corporate governance, to work toward sustainability, and to do their jobs effectively.

Check Alignment

Every organization represents an “eco- system of influence” and that is particularly true of organizations that have boards of directors. The key is to understand how well the influence of the board and the influence of the executive are “aligned” in your organization. Check Your Alignment is a web-based survey tool that explores and reflects the level of that alignment and the effectiveness of key influencers in your organization.

Get Aligned

Aligning the “eco-system of influence” in your organization is a very structured, safe, and effective process. The Get Aligned engagement will involve the board of directors, the executive director, and the executive’s team in a series of exploration, document development, and coaching engagements; all designed to better define and align key influencer roles in your organization.

Stay Aligned

Aligned Influence’s Stay Aligned engagement enables you – and your key influencers – to invest and commit to the health of the “eco- system of influence” of your organization. The Stay Aligned engagement is an easy, ongoing, annually renewed engagement that ensures the board and the executive have access to the coaching and consultation services that they need each year.

Drive Effectiveness

When you have an aligned board of directors, executive director, and executive team, when each entity has done the hard work to define and align their roles and those of their staff, volunteers, and committees you can begin to leverage that alignment to drive effectiveness throughout your organization.

The Model

The Aligned Influence integrated model of organizational governance speaks to both the board of directors and the executive; identifying three key roles for each so they can more effectively influence the direction of their organization.

The role of the board of directors is to direct, protect, and enable the organization, while the role of the executive is to lead, manage, and accomplish the work of the organization.

The board of directors directs by identifying the product, service, or value to be created or delivered by the organization. They protect the organization and ensure organizational sustainability, establishing appropriate operational boundaries, and enable the organization by utilizing their personal, professional, and civic relationships to advocate for and develop resources for the organization and maintaining discipline to their role.

The executive leads the organization through future-focused planning and manages the organization through now-focused policy and procedural development, both of which are done in support of accomplishing the work defined by the board of directors.

Clients with Affiliates

Habitat for Humanity International puts God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope through approximately 1,400 local affiliates in the United States and more than 70 national organizations around the world.

The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) is the largest Protestant educational organization in the world. ACSI member schools serve more than 5.5 million students worldwide in nearly 24,000 schools from over 100 countries.

Public Trust Advisors is one of the leading providers of Local Government Investment Pool (LGIP) management and related services to public sector clients; delivering safety of principal, minimization of market volatility, superior risk-adjusted returns.

St. Vrain Valley Habitat for Humanity

“We did not know it at the time, but our work with Aligned Influence was preparing us for the affiliate’s biggest challenge yet.”

Macon Area Habitat for Humanity

“Even though they were making good progress and had just received the NRI grant, both the Executive Director and the Board of Directors knew that they needed to invest in themselves to continue being successful.”

Southeast Christian Schools

“We were facing an ACSI accreditation visit, and we knew that we would deserve criticism regarding the governing function of their Board of Directors.”

Rocky Mountain Christian Academy

“We had just gone through a change in leadership, losing our founding Head of School, and needed to invest in our organization.”

Town of Fraser

“It’s a great thing to be able to have a board that is working properly and that is operating in a way that supports the executive, as well as the school, and has everyone working in the right direction toward the goals of the organization”

Dr. Vernon Walters | Headmaster, Southeast Christian School

“It’s allowed us to understand each of our roles very well, but it’s also given us some clarity of what each role is, and that they don’t get mixed together”

Tom Driver | President of the Board of Directors, Macon Area Habitat for Humanity

“Our board members now are looking at 5 year plans and even further out instead of being involved in day-to-day minutiae. I think that without investing in the board, without investing the time to set up this standard and these procedures, that would never happen.”